Travel

Travel is the theme this week at Come and Get It, I don't really have much in the way of travel stamps from places, so my thought with this card is , being on vacation near the ocean where you would see the lighthouses, as where I live we don't have any of them. I have used the Stampin Up set Uncharted Territory to make the card, I have water colored it with water color crayons, on watercolor paper. The background was done using  The Open Sea Set, and then I used twine to tie it all together.  Thanks for looking
Cindy

Open Sea Collage

This week at Come and Get It we have an interesting challenge, set by Judy. We are to do collage stamping. I've not done a lot of this in the past. For my card I have used  The Open Sea set by Stampin up to do my collage, and for the designer papers it is from the Nautical Expedition set, which retired, but available on MDS. I have added cherry cobbler bakers twine and a compass charm to add interest. I've decided to leave off a greeting this time as I figure it can be used for any type of occasion. Thanks for looking
Cindy
I will also enter this into the following challenges
Brown Sugar: Anything goes
Crafty Chicks: Lets Here it for the Boys

Retirement Cards

 

Sketch time at Come and Get It this week. Julie has provided us with the sketch.  My card was made for a gentleman that asked me to make him two retirement cards. One if for a male and the other a female, this is what I came up with for the male. The card was made using the Open Sea set from Stampin up along with the Teeny Tiny wishes set. The background of the ship was masked then sponged with Soft Sky and Bermuda Bay. then took the mask off and stamped the ship image in Early Espresso. The designer paper is retired from the Woodland walk set, which  is available as a download. The sentiment was stamped on an oval then sponged with Bermuda Bay, and then mounted onto Artisan Label punch which will be available on May 31st. Oh the Soft Sky and Bermuda Bay are colors coming back into the core colors of Stampin Up as of May 31 as well. Thanks for looking. The second card is not the sketch but the second card I made for the lady retiring.

Thanks for looking

Cindy

I will also enter into the following challenges

Crafty Calender Challenge- Blooms and Blossoms

One Crazy Stamper Challenge- Flowers

Crafty Ribbons: No Designer Paper

Stamping 411

Here is my card for the Stamping 411 Sketch this week. Haven't had much time to play with challenges in the last bit, as I'm trying to catch up on some other things as well as I was back working on Christmas cards again for a bit. I now have 69 done, So I am slowly getting there, as I need 100 for the one order this year, and then some for other people, so have to keep doing a few here and there, but need a break too.
So for this card I used The Open Sea Set, and the Nautical Expedition paper, I used Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy and Cherry Cobbler,  I just love this set and will be sad to see it go so soon after it's gotten here.
Anyway thanks for looking.
Cindy

Monochromatic Mens Card

Monochromatic Men's Cards are the theme at Friday Mashup, so that means doing one or the other or both together, so I did both together, I used the open sea set, and worked with it using the designer series paper Nautical expedition, together with Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, and Early Espresso.
Thanks for Looking.
Cindy

Birthday Celebrations 3

This is another Birthday card I made as we have a challenge at Come and Get It this week for Birthday Cards. Thought I would make it a week of working on getting a few ahead. Anyway this is a new set in the summer mini, just love it called The Open Sea, also the baker's twine in the cherry cobbler, and white, and the nautical paper wow, great stuff. This card I did using the sketch at Just Us Girls this week.
Items used
Card stock: Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy
Designer Paper Nautical Expedition
Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Marina Mist, Stazon Jet Black, Bashful Blue, Basic Gray
Accessories: itty bitty buttons, itty bitty punch, baker's twine, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Nestabilities.
Thanks for looking and have a great day
Cindy